Global Lead for Elections, Trust and Safety

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 13 years of experience in data analytics, cybersecurity, program management, business strategy, technology research, anti-abuse, policy or related fields.
• 2 years of experience in people management, leading teams.
• 2 years of experience addressing risks in Generative AI products in a related field (product management, policy, government affairs, operations).
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience advising on proactive and reactive mitigations to Generative AI applications.
• Experience handling senior stakeholders and a proven ability to influence all levels of the organization.
• Understanding of modern generative AI architectures, including the specific threat vectors posed by multimodal classifiers, automated deepfakes, and hyper-personalized persuasion.
• Demonstrated track record of engaging in cross-functional or interagency stakeholders including product, legal, policy, enforcement.
• Demonstrated track record of navigating extreme "gray areas" cases that push the boundary of policy and managing high-profile crisis communications or content decisions where corporate growth metrics and civic safety are in tension.
  
  

About The Job

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.

At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $219,000-$305,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Advise product and Generative AI teams on civic obligations, ensuring consistency in Google’s approach to supporting and mitigating emerging risks.
• Act as the central connective tissue between Intelligence, Engineering, Legal, and Communications to navigate complex escalations and high-stakes decisions balancing expression and integrity.
• Influence model teams to develop sustainable proactive mitigation strategies and collaborate on policies prohibiting deceptive practices that undermine civic processes.
• Partner with Trust & Safety on provenance, detection, and metadata standards while engaging with red-teaming units to evaluate systemic impacts.
• Monitor global abuse trends and represent the organization in public-facing forums with government officials and Key Opinion Formers (KOFs).
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .